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  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
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  *
  * Contributors:
  * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.update.core;

 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IProgressMonitor;

 /**
  * Generic content consumer.
  * A generic content consumer is used to store plug-in and non-plug-in files
  * for a feature.
  * <p>
  * Clients may implement this interface. However, in most cases clients
  * will only use the content consumer provided by the feature type(s)
  * implemented by the platform.
  * </p>
  * <p>
  * <b>Note:</b> This class/interface is part of an interim API that is still under development and expected to
  * change significantly before reaching stability. It is being made available at this early stage to solicit feedback
  * from pioneering adopters on the understanding that any code that uses this API will almost certainly be broken
  * (repeatedly) as the API evolves.
  * </p>
  * @see org.eclipse.update.core.IFeatureContentConsumer
  * @since 2.0
  */
 public interface IContentConsumer {

     /**
      * Stores a file.
      *
      * @see IFeatureContentConsumer#open(IPluginEntry)
      * @see IFeatureContentConsumer#open(INonPluginEntry)
      * @param contentReference reference to the file to store
      * @param monitor progress monitor, can be <code>null</code>
      * @exception CoreException
      * @since 2.0
      */
     public void store(ContentReference contentReference, IProgressMonitor monitor)
         throws CoreException;

     /**
      * Indicates successful completion of the store operations for this
      * consumer
      *
      * @exception CoreException
      * @since 2.0
      */
     public void close() throws CoreException;

 }

